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ELDRED v. BELL TELEPHONE CO.

119 U.S. 513 (1886)

ELDRED v. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Millard R. Powers (Mr. L.B. Valliant was with him on the brief) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Henry Hitchcock for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, being a citizen of the State of New York, brought his action at law in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri against the Bell Telephone Company of Missouri, a corporation of that State, to recover $25,000, the price and value of 250 shares of the capital stock of the defendant corporation, of the par value of $100 per share...

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